Analysis of While The World Sleeps



When you gave me the guerdon
Of my year-long nightly dreaming,
I have since then contemplated
To let the world I bide in, and
Rip the curtain that separates
Your world from mine,
That I may realize the panacea
You did not deny to give. ...
The reward that is tangibly you,
For me, is impossible to reach--
To get and possess,
That the only way is
For you--to come near,
To get me and possess.
Tonight, while the world sleeps,
Let us hand in hand,
Rendezvous under the stars--
To a place called Destiny.


Scheme ABCDEAFGHIJKLJMNOA
Poetic Form
Metre 111101 11111010 1111100 11011100 1010110 1111 111100010 1110111 001111001 111010011 11001 101011 11111 111001 011011 11101 101001 1011100
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 485
Words 94
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 385
Words per stanza (avg) 95
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Submitted on May 02, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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